Hahahahahahaha: DOJ unveils “Plan for Open Government”
Ow. Can’t breathe. Stomach hurting from howling. Check out the DOJ’s announcement today trumpeting corruptocrat AG Eric Holder’s new “Plan for Open Government.”
Today, the Department of Justice is proud to release our Plan for Open Government. Our plan sets forth ongoing and anticipated efforts to increase transparency in government, participation and collaboration. We believe these initiatives will have a lasting impact, permanently breaking down barriers between the American people and their government.
Associate Attorney General Tom Perrelli commented on the plan’s release:
“We are committed to creating the most open and transparent Department of Justice in history. The steps outlined in our Open Government Plan are the product of participation from throughout the Department and with the public. These efforts will improve the public’s understanding of what the Department does, provide information in more accessible form, and continue our increased collaboration with our many partners and the public.”
Our plan is tied to our core missions, which are to:
* prevent terrorism and promote national security;
* prevent crime, enforce federal laws and represent the rights and interest of the American people; and,
* ensure the fair and efficient administration of justice.The Department of Justice has long had a special responsibility for open government because of the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA).
The Freedom of Information Act is a key tool for transparency in government. It is often through the FOIA that the public learns what the government is doing and holds the government accountable for its decisions and actions.
Holder and his stonewallers have spent more than a year subverting transparency, obstructing the public’s right to know, and refusing to answer questions about their abandonment of corruption cases.
Now, they expect Americans to fall for their gilt-edged “Plan for Open Government?”
DOJ wants your feedback. Feel free to take them up on their invitation:
We’ve outlined many more examples of ways we intend to be more transparent, participatory and collaborative throughout our plan. We hope you’ll take time to read the plan and let us know what you think. You can send us your thoughts via e-mail at opengov@usdoj.gov.
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Obami commies doing the Chavez dance …
Look for this in the fiction section of your local library.
I’m a skeered to send anything to that doj email.
This administration only wants to tell the public what to believe is true while never actually delivering on anything. They need to be fired.
After observing the secrecy employed by the WH and Congressional Dems on the HC throat jam I cannot take anything this regime offers seriously.
Is this “Glasnost” or “Perestroika? I forget….
Does this mean all the illegals will get the boot out of our country? Does this mean the black panthers will get their day in court? Does this mean all those in dc who need to get legal advice for wrong doing will now have you to deal with? Does this mean those terrorists will be given a military trial? I could go on and on on this, but I doubt nothing will change under this bho and team.
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Sounds like a more streamlined, social networking propaganda program to me. There is no more corrupt administration in US history. The Democrat Congress makes it the most corrupt government in history. Bernie Madoff is getting beat up in prison and Pelosi, Reid, Obama, and Geithner are sipping martinis and counting money. They personally enriched themselves by exploiting the very world crisis they helped create and they don’t even face press scrutiny – much less criminal indictment. Wow. Gotta love liberal America.
“Open Government”??
In the Obama Administration?
Don’t hold your breath.
RWR
http://www.rightwingrocker.com
Every day, this regime convinces us that they truly believe the American people are dumber than stumps! Well, at least the majority who elected this brain-not-so-trusted!
I’m with you, Hadenough; if it has a .gov tag, I go to the library to post.
Really. Funny how the Left loved to call for “regime change” when Bush was in office. We are living under a truly corrupt dictatorial regime, and it is operating with impugnity in the face of the US Constitution. To paraphrase Al Gore, apparently there is no controlling legal authority to challenge it.
Me: Can I see what’s in the book?
Holder: Sure, but then I’ll have to kill you.
Holder: Yeah, I been meaning to fix that.
Holder: Call me an optimist, I see the Glasnost as half full!
RWR, say it ain’t so! The regime is shutting your blog down? Just my personal observation, from having met “he & his wife” in person at BAMC, I’m of the opinion that you are Ted Nugent in “real” life! IMHO
Like it or not the word ‘terrorism’ was used. For those who found ‘man made disasters’ distasteful, this should be an encouraging step in the right direction.
Words have different meanings, though.
The word “terrorist” or “terrorism” means one thing to conservatives, and another to liberals or “progressives”.
(Just like the word “progressive” has different meaning, &c.)
Maybe so, but that doesn’t help distinguish between the “Teabaggers” and the “Towelheads”!
Well, like the old saying goes – If you cannot Baffle em with BS, Baffle em with BS.
I have a great idea, send this to Homeland Security for use on the southern border bacause not even air is getting through this “transparent” DOJ!
Oh yeah, they did make that exception for the black panthers that clearly broke the law…. Why do they even try to lie to the people? It’s like politicians making campaign promises. Everyone knows they all are lying every time they open their mouths, people want to believe but they know there is no way they can keep a promise.
You can’t change a terrorist by changing his title.
MM, I am glad you can laugh, I just can’t seem to stop crying these days.
The plan will be submitted to Ripleys Believe It Or Not for conformation as the biggest lie ever perpetrated.
Four words: New Black Panther Party
I’m going to be sick…
Queen Nancy led the House to greater openness and transparency, now the rest of the gubmint is following her lead.
Wonderful! Can’t wait for it to reach the IRS.
/sarc
I suspect that they are confusing bald-faced government for transparent government. Their bald-faced lies ARE transparent so it is an understandable mistake.
I’d say that fits Holder to a ‘t’
get behind me, Satan
Obamunisim is driving our economy further into debt and weaking our defense. Soon Obamunist will declare the constitution void and write a whole new set of social justice redistribution laws. Then all our money can be taken to pay the union contracts and pensions for Government Motors.
Man, these dangerous, evil clowns really do think we are stupid!
Actually, I would guess that a significant (?preponderant?) fraction of their supporters are….
Anyway, for a bit of comic relief, I recommend the BBC series “Yes, Minister”.
The series accurately parodies and skewers bureacrats, politicians, weasels, etc.
The first episode, from 30 years ago, interstingly enough, is entitled “Open Government”.
Slightly paraphrased:
Bernard Wooly, the young personal private secretary of the new Minister of Administrative Affairs (yes, that’s his department!) is talking about how the new minister wants open government.
Sir Arnold, the head of the civil service, is shocked:
“My dear boy, it’s very simple.
You can be open; or, you can have government.
You can’t have both.”
I believe the following paraphrasing is also from this episode:
Bernard:
“But the people have a right to know.”
Sir Humphrey, the permanent secretary of the department:
“No, they do not.
They have a right not to know.”
I believe Sir Arnold adds:
“If the people don’t know what you’re doing, they don’t know what you’re doing wrong!”
I can’t recommend this series, and the equally excellent sequel, “Yes, Prime Minister”, highly enough.
Check them out.
I say great! Let’s start with the President. I’m doing a research paper on a few President’s thoughout our history. I have background information on all but one. Barrack Obama.
To use the words of Churchill, [Obama] is a riddle, wrapped in a mystery, inside an enigma.
I don’t want much. I’d like to start with his college years at Occidental College. Not much info there.
Then I’d like to know how he and two roomates traveled to Pakistan in 1980 without a U.S. passport since Obama didn’t apply for his first US passport until 2003 and travel to Pakistan by US citizens in 1980 was restricted.
Then I’d like to see how he funded his Ivy League education at Columbia and Harvard not to mention take a look at his Master’s Thesis at Columbia and any papers he wrote for the Harvard Law review.
Shoot, I don’t need his birth certificate. I know he was born somewhere. There just seems to be confusion as to where. First its this hospital and then that hospital in Hawaii. Then his grandmother says she saw him born in Kenya. My, what’s a body to think?
Even our illustrious conservative investigative reporters say “move along” there’s nothing to see here but they never offer any data to support their claims that Obama is who he says he is.
Oh, but wait, I forgot, there was that birth announcement in the Hawaiian newspaper in the society section. Never mind that anyone can post an add in that paper. You know, the kind that says Uncle John and Aunt Mary were in town visting the John Smith’s of this fair city this past weekend. A fun time was had by all.
And let’s not forget the Certificate of Live Birth. Never mind any one could come and request one be issued whether or not they were born in the state. No matter though since the information on a COLB is scant and gives very little info.
Now that would exemplify transparency in government.
But alas, all we have left really is to dream the impossible dream that Obama will come forward and show us what real transparency is. Maybe this is that time. I’m not holding my breath.
Especially if you’re a black guy with the New Black Panther Party wielding a billy club at a voting site. Yeah…. you get our special of the week. Your default judgment gets dropped!!!
Fair and efficient!
Indeed.
Only slightly off topic, since we are, after all, talking about socialists here::
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100407/ap_on_bi_ge/us_no_taxes
Well said.
Now now let us not be harsh-just because the man has lied to us in the past, repeatedly, this time he really means it. The check is in the mail and your luggage will be right up.
For sale by owner: pristine ocean front property near beautiful downtown Desert Center. Contact Attorney General Honest Eric at – 202-353-1555.
granite: I suppose every day is Tax Freedom Day for 50% of the populace, i.e., those who pay zip, zero, zilch, nada, nunca, bupkus, nuttin’ in taxes.
*sigh* Oh for the Fair Tax…
I’m sure their efforts will be approved by the most ethical Congress in history.
Wait, does this mean BoZo is going to come clean about his resume fudging or release all of his records??
An open government racked with corruption and graft? That goes along with N. Korea opening up its borders. But, there are people who will believe the nonsense, namely the MSM.
Wait a minute….these are all Chicago-style political thugs. Our idea of transparency and their idea of transparency are two different things. Seems like everytime Eric and Barry start talkin’, I stop listenin’.
holder has become so adapt at lying, that he believes everyone will fall for the crap he’s putting out, the sheep will that’s a given since the blinders are worn very tight to make seeing impossible. holder should use this material at some comedy club, the laughs won’t ever stop. plan for an open government, that’s a good one, great joke.
This must be a forgery–Obummer banned the words terror or terrorist
except for perhaps the sales taxes and increased cost of everything they buy, FICA and Medicare taxes and a whole host of things some of our population seems to overlook. We could refer to them as dummies but that would be judgmental.
But be of good cheer-Obama is already talking of a Fair Tax (VAT). Perhaps not all that cheerful-it would be on top of the income, sales, FICA and Medicare taxes.
I bet they get a Tax-free card, since they are part of the down-trodden class.
I think it is becoming very clear that these guys don’t expect to be re-elected and are moving ahead full speed on whatever plan they’ve been working on.
Good thing we have Sean Hannity devoting all of his efforts to defeating Obama in 2012. Too complicated having to do anything useful before 2012. Complicates his friendships with Gingrich and the rest of the RINOs.
I would never email these creeps to complain, first they don’t care what we think anyway, and second, you’ll be on their list, you can bet on that.
I’m sure I’m already on their enemy list but I’m not going to spit in the wind any more by complaining to the regime about the regime. good way to get targeted for something, especially w these thugs in the driver’s seat.
but on Nov 2 – we are going to kick some ass
and let me say it sickens and shames me as a citizen to see our most hallowed institutions taken over and ruined by actual in-the-flesh freedom-hating communists.
can’t happen here?
Who was the guy who signed that? Perhaps we should look into his background a little more. Obama was certified by one individual?
the border fence?
that include immigration laws?
This is a federal government wide propaganda campaign. I have seen the emails sent by other federal agencies.
Truly a “you got to be $h!iilng me!” moment.
I went to RWR’s site last night because I was thinking the same thing…”Ted, is that you?”
…and I noticed the shutdown thing, but then noted the date.
Oooooh, thank you zygzayg for that insight. It makes me feel so much better after watching him abdicate his duty completely when faced with violations of such a valuable right in our society as voting.
Uh, which is against the law, which he swore to uphold and crapped all over when he chose to do nothing.
You know who really is committed to transparency in government, and is willing to lay his whole career and freedom on the line in the process?
Of course, the Obama administration is hinting that Lt. Col Terry Lakin should undergo a brain scan and medical review.
It appears their reasoning is that anyone who actually expects transparency from this administration must be crazy.
Attorney General Eric Holder, it’s time for the most open and transparent Department of Justice in history to initiate a QUO WARRANTO on Barack Hussein Obama II.
Leo’s post has a bad first link. The correct link is here.
Thank you ITTRP for that link – it is excellent! Many of us are REALLY interested in this issue as a matter of Constitutionality. This could blow up to become a HUGE ISSUE!
Of course Obama’s department of Justice wants transparency… They want to terrorists to see everything the Department will do (or won’t do) to defend America.